Perioperative management of children with obstructive sleep apnea

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-75

  Schwengel, Deborah A ^a   Sterni, Laura M ^a   Tunkel, David E ^a   Heitmiller, Eugenie S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; TRAMADOL;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APNEA; ATELECTASIS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EDEMA; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; CHILD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY;

CHILD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 67650657105     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a19e21     Document Type: Review

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